SUBVERSION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does subversion mean? 

• SUBVERSION (noun)
  The noun SUBVERSION has 2 senses:

1. destroying someone's (or some group's) honesty or loyalty; undermining moral integrity

2. the act of subverting; as overthrowing or destroying a legally constituted government

  Familiarity information: SUBVERSION used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SUBVERSION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Destroying someone's (or some group's) honesty or loyalty; undermining moral integrity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

corruption; subversion

Context example:

the big city's subversion of rural innocence

Hypernyms ("subversion" is a kind of...):

debasement; degradation (changing to a lower state (a less respected state))

Derivation:

subvert (corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The act of subverting; as overthrowing or destroying a legally constituted government

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

subversion; subversive activity

Hypernyms ("subversion" is a kind of...):

overthrow (the termination of a ruler or institution (especially by force))

Derivation:

subvert (destroy completely)

subvert (cause the downfall of; of rulers)